kangaroo rat
kangaroo rat — 名詞
1. a small desert animal from western North America that sleeps in underground hole
更格盧鼠
北美西部沙漠的小型跳躍齧齒動物
a small desert animal from western North America that sleeps in underground holes by day and moves by jumping on its strong back legs, storing seeds in pouches in its cheeks
Romi watched a kangaroo rat hop across the cold sand after sunset.
日落後，Romi 看著一隻更格盧鼠蹦跳著穿過冰涼的沙地。
kangaroo rat + hop: how this animal moves
In the Arizona desert, kangaroo rats dig tunnels to escape the daytime heat.
在亞利桑那沙漠裡，更格盧鼠會挖隧道躲避白天的高溫。
plural: kangaroo rats + dig tunnels
Shirin's biology class studied how a kangaroo rat carries seeds in its cheeks.
Shirin 的生物課研究更格盧鼠如何用頰袋攜帶種子。
A kangaroo rat leaped high into the air to escape the hungry snake.
一隻更格盧鼠高高躍入空中，躲開了飢餓的蛇。
Eli found a small hole in the sand where a kangaroo rat lived.
Eli 在沙地上發現一個小洞，那是更格盧鼠住的地方。
- desert kangaroo rat
- kangaroo rat burrow
- kangaroo rat population
- Dipodomys
scientific genus name; used in biology texts, not in everyday speech
文法句型
a kangaroo rat
kangaroo rats + live/dig/store
用法筆記
Plural form is kangaroo rats. Mostly found in nature writing and science classes about desert animals, rarely in daily conversation.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- kangaroo rat burrow
- kangaroo rat population
常用片語
- a species of kangaroo rat